Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet (20 April 1699 – 23 March 1745) was an English landowner, dwelling at

Marske Hall Marske Hall is a 17th-century former mansion house, now a Valorum Care Group residential care home, in Marske-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England. It has Grade I listed building status. The building is constructed of squared stone in t ...

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

. He was the only son of Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet and Catherine Preston. On 2 July 1723, he married Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of

William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (1672 – 4 June 1729) was a British nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire and Lady Mary Butler. A prominent Whig, he was sworn of the Privy Cou ...

, and had one son: *

Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet (1727 – 15 April 1756) was an English landowner, of Marske Hall, Yorkshire and Holker Hall. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish. In January 1755, he inheri ...

(1727–1756) He was thought to be the probable legatee of

Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet, FRS (1673 – 2 January 1755) was an English landowner, industrialist and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 54 years between 1694 and 1755. His ownership and development of coal mines around W ...

, and his

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was concealed from Sir James by the rest of the family for fear he would be disinherited. In the event, Sir James survived him by a decade.

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Retrieved 3 November 2007 * 1699 births 1745 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies 17th-century English landowners

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